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Pinning hopes on BJP’s PM candidate
14 May 2014 5:21 PM GMTA large number of environmentalists and Yamuna activists in the Braj region have pinned their hopes on BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra...
Requiem for Agra’s British-era train
11 July 2013 5:33 PM GMTYet another British-era relic is chugging into history books. The days of the 65-km-long narrow gauge train from Dholpur to Tantpur in Agra district...
‘My mother loves my creativity’
31 May 2013 12:51 AM GMTConcerned over his mother’s failing eyesight a state government employee here designed a wall clock with a diameter of 54 inches. Now he’s gone a step...
Taj in danger
13 March 2013 10:33 PM GMTWhile experts deliberate on policy frameworks to sustain and promote the visual integrity of world heritage monuments at the ongoing UNESCO meet in...
A city of entrepreneurial excellence
4 Dec 2012 11:46 PM GMTThere’s no doubt that no one thinks of Agra without also thinking of the Taj Mahal. But Agra has much more to offer than Mughal monuments, say local...
Diwali’s new gods: laptops and mobiles
13 Nov 2012 2:14 AM GMTCome Diwali, and traders now have newer gods to pray to: computers, laptops, iPads and mobile phones.Yes, the customary prayers to Lord Ganesha and...
It’s Hindi abroad, English-Vinglish at home
19 Oct 2012 10:37 PM GMTForeigners are queuing up to learn Hindi and there was a global conference too to celebrate the language. Nonetheless, as English spreads inexorably...
The city of the Taj is a story of neglect
4 Oct 2012 9:26 PM GMTTaj City Agra has little to celebrate in spite of being a favourite tourist destination. This is because of the total lack of forward planning,...